Susan Yeagley and Parker Posey are hilarious as the flirtatious Babineaux sisters, who bring the creepy Alvin the Armadillo to life in Netflix original movie, 'Mascots.'

Susan Yeagley and Parker Posey are hilarious as the flirtatious Babineaux sisters, who bring the creepy Alvin the Armadillo to life in Netflix original movie, 'Mascots.'

Photo: Netflix / Scott Garfield/Netflix

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The Fist, as Chris O'Dowd explains in Netflix's 'Mascots' is the bad boy of the bunch, known for sexually inappropriate behavior during hockey games.

The Fist, as Chris O'Dowd explains in Netflix's 'Mascots' is the bad boy of the bunch, known for sexually inappropriate behavior during hockey games.

Photo: Courtesy Of Netflix / Scott Garfield/Netflix

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Christopher Guest, the director of 'Mascots,' reprises his 'Waiting for Guffman' role as Corky St. Clair in the new Netflix comedy.

Christopher Guest, the director of 'Mascots,' reprises his 'Waiting for Guffman' role as Corky St. Clair in the new Netflix comedy.

Photo: Courtesy Of Netflix / Scott Garfield/Netflix

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Though no Spurs Coyote, ‘Mascots’ on Netflix delivers on grins

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Texas is a state that loves its sports teams — and by extension, its mascots.

In San Antonio, folks eat up the antics of the Spurs Coyote, the Missions’ Henry the Puffy Taco and Ballapeño, the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Rowdy the Roadrunner and more.

So a Netflix movie called “Mascots” should be right up local viewers’ alley.

Making it all the more enticing is the man at the film’s helm: ingeniously funny director-writer-actor Christopher Guest, who works his magic here on the unusual guys and gals in furry suits and giant heads who entertain crowds and cheer on players at games and events.

Guest, who delivered belly laughs with his parodies of community theater and national dog shows in “Waiting for Guffman” and “Best in Show,” serves up “Mascots” on Netflix starting Thursday.

Of course, as team mascots go, San Antonio’s Hall of Fame Coyote (embodied first by Tim Derk, then by Rob Wicall, who has announced he will step down at the start of the Spurs’ upcoming season) is the cream of the crop.

Most aren’t nearly as charming or well configured. In fact, many actually give off a creepy vibe.

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This fact clearly isn’t lost on Guest, who fills his movie with hilarious fictional mascots, ranging from the relatively cute (Sid the Hedgehog from London) to the scandalous (The Fist, an Irish-Canadian “bad boy of sports mascottery,” who’s notorious for sexually inappropriate antics during hockey games) to the sweet and rather pathetic Jack the Plumber, who runs after a dancing turd with his plunger.

Similar to “Best in Show,” “Mascots” uses a fictional competition as the movie’s framework. Twenty mascots from around the world have been chosen to compete in the Fluffies, a contest televised by the Gluten-Free Network.

Winners are awarded the bronze, the silver — and the most coveted of all — the golden Fluffy.

As he’s done in the past, Guest mixes fake documentary with dramatic scenes, permitting the people behind the costumes to expound upon their craft in ultra-serious, even obsessive ways, prior to their performances before the judges.

“What interests me is subcultures that are narrow only to people that aren’t in them,” Guest said in Netflix’s press materials. “I could make a film about people who make shoes, and it’s a fairly specific thing, but for people who do that, it’s the most important thing to them, and they take that very seriously.”

In true Guest form, the actors play off a loose script that welcomes improvisation.

The smiles begin with an awkwardly engaging turn by Woods and Baker as a husband and wife whose work as co-mascots suffers because of their real-life bickering.

The main bone of contention is his wandering eye, which he primarily trains on the bleached-blonde Babineaux half-sisters (Posey and Susan Yeagley in top comedic form).

These Southern belles bring to life Alvin the Armadillo, a truly eerie-looking mascot that entertains via modern dance moves.

There are too many priceless moments to list, such as the cheesy Willard smiling cluelessly while making politically incorrect statements to a little person who plays a worm.

“Mascots” may not be Guest at his best — the joke gets a little strained at times — but, like its central characters, the movie works tirelessly to keep those grins coming and, more often than not, succeeds.

Jeanne Jakle’s column appears Wednesdays and Sundays in mySA, and she writes online at mySA.com/Jakle. Email her at jjakle@express-news.net.